NAIROBI, Jan. 29 — Just hours after an opposition lawmaker was gunned down in his driveway here, the fury that has swept over this country since last month’s disputed presidential election arrived in his middle-class neighborhood.
The repercussions from the killing Tuesday morning of Mugabe Were, cast by opposition supporters as the first political assassination of […]
SYDNEY, Australia — The new Australian government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will apologize for past mistreatment of the country’s Aboriginal minority when Parliament convenes next month, addressing an issue that has blighted race relations in Australia for years.
In a measure of the importance Mr. Rudd attaches to the issue, the apology will be the […]
JERUSALEM — The Israeli Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the government’s decision to slash fuel and electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip.
Israeli human rights groups had challenged the sanctions, which Israel says are aimed at halting ongoing rocket fire by Gaza militants. Palestinian officials say the cutbacks have harmed Gaza’s already impoverished residents by causing […]
Balai Besar Pengawasan Obat dan Makanan Bandar Lampung menyita ribuan kosmetik ilegal, Selasa (30/01). Kosmetik yang diduga palsu itu tidak memiliki nomor register izin edar dari Departemen Kesehatan atau Balai POM.
”Sebagian kosmetik tersebut mempunyai merek ternama dan didatangkan dari luar negeri,” kata Kepala Balai POM Bandar Lampung, Bambang Subroto.
Menurut Bambang, berbagai jenis kosmetik tersebut disita […]
BEIJING — When state security agents burst into his apartment last month, Hu Jia was chatting on Skype, the Internet-based telephone system. Mr. Hu’s computer was his most potent tool. He disseminated information about human rights cases, peasant protests and other politically touchy topics even though he often lived under de facto house arrest.
Mr. Hu, […]
Timika: Dua penari tersambar tersambar baling-baling pesawat Aviastar jenis Twin Otter DHC Seri 300, Rabu (30/1) pagi, di bandar udara Sugapa, Paniai, Papua. Seorang diantaranya tewas dan lainnya mengalami luka serius.
Korban meninggal bernama Robertus Wondani sedangkan yang luka bernama Yakub Songgonao. Keduanya adalah para penari yang disiapkan untuk menyambut kedatangan rombongan Bupati Paniai, Naftali Yogi. […]
Henry Froehlich, one of the first distributors of high-tech Japanese cameras in the United States and one of the developers of an easy process for transferring home movies from film to videotape, died in Manhattan last Thursday. He was 85 and lived in Larchmont, N.Y.
The cause was a heart attack, said Ray Vitiello, a vice […]
Karanganyar: Sebagai buruh pabrik plastik, Parno, 40 tahun, tak pernah membayangkan bisa bertemu seorang menteri. Jangankan berdekatan, melihat langsung pun rasanya tak mungkin. Tapi Senin (28/1) kemarin, seorang menteri nemplok di sadel sepeda motor bututnya.
Kemacetan luar biasa di pertigaan Matesih, empat kilometer dari Astana Giribangun membuat mobil rombongan para menteri yang hendak melayat Soeharto tak […]
Seorang pedagang pecel ayam berinisial Nas meninggal karena virus flu burung. Warga perumahan Mediterania, Cikupa Kabupaten Tangerang ini meninggal di rumah sakit Persahabatan, Jakarta, Senin (29/1), pukul 16.00 WIB. ” Dia positif mengidap flu burung,” ujar Hani Haryanto, Kepala Dinas Kesehatan, Kabupaten Tangerang, kepada Tempo hari ini.
Menurut Hani, lelaki yang berusia 32 tahun itu mulai […]
GURGAON, India — As the anesthetic wore off, Naseem Mohammed said, he felt an acute pain in the lower left side of his abdomen. Fighting drowsiness, he fumbled beneath the unfamiliar folds of a green medical gown and traced his fingers over a bandage attached with surgical tape. An armed guard by the door told […]
